Essay: Democracy and déjà vu
By Janet Rechtman In the fall of 1991, my mom and I went on a Friendship Force trip to Moscow. It was six years after…
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Essay: Delving into plague stories
By Holly Calderone Having spent the entire COVID-19 pandemic engaged in hospice social work, I avoided reading plague stories. But a return from New York…
Essay: Recall rumors in Sacramento show some older democrats are living in ‘Groundhog Day’
Moves behind the scene against Katie Valenzuela are symptomatic of a party resisting its new blood By Waverly Hampton III It is physically impossible to…
Essay: the PCT Effect, or healing and inspiration on the Sierra’s greatest trail
One of SN&R’s contributing writers contemplates what the great outdoors can do for a couple overcoming a health battle By Mark Heckey I was breathing…
Essay: Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign demands filibuster end for the sake of local families
By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Dr. Pamela Anderson If our democracy is to survive, the filibuster must end now. Since 1841, the filibuster has been…
Essay: Folsom’s ‘Negro Bar’ should be renamed, but the contributions of Black pioneers shouldn’t be forgotten
In 2018, Phaedra Jones did not know much about Folsom. She accepted a delivery assignment from her employer, UberEATS, bringing food from Stockton to the…
Essay: CEQA can increase affordable housing in Sacramento while protecting communities
By Ralph Propper, President of the Environmental Council of Sacramento The City of Sacramento signed a deal this summer to build a U.C. Davis campus…
Essay: The window dressing of environmental justice in the state’s Delta tunnel planning
By Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta…
Essay: During virus surge, Sac City Unified failed its most vulnerable students
Delta variant clearly upended the District’s plans, showing a lack of preparedness – and that no one’s at the helm Last Thursday, Sept. 2, was…
Essay: The Sacramento region’s small farmers are on the frontline of a water crisis
By Judith Redmond Sometimes when I’m selling at the farmers market, people ask if our tomatoes are dry farmed. No, they aren’t. Dry farming is…
Essay: Sacramento could revolutionize its livability by giving artists a stipend to focus on their work
The models and the funds are already there – if we step back from a narrow picture frame By Waverly Hampton III Pope Julius II…
Essay: Sacramentans’ incomes are being used for a new form of red-lining – and our leaders have let it happen
The way things are going, what chance do working people have as renters? By Waverly Hampton III Riddle me this: When is a house not…
Essay: Bill to reform California’s broken prescription drug rebate system will help families afford medications
By Colleen Henderson Among parents’ worst fears is discovering their child has a debilitating chronic illness. When it happens, parents steel themselves for the journey…
Essay: Recall politics? No thanks, because the Delta keeps losing either way
By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta Today’s commentary breaks my heart. Why? Because Restore the Delta is focused on water quality issues, flood control issues, future planning,…
Essay: Biden’s new 30X30 plan starts with more connected wilderness
By Chris Wright It took decades of political struggle to establish our modern wilderness system, which now contains 109, 138,635 acres. That sounds like a…
Essay: Dear Sacramento, we’re a city on the brink – and our leaders must do better
Gun violence is up, fears of hate crimes permeate, but this is not who we are By Waverly Hampton III Dear Sacramento, for the sake…
Essay: UC Davis’ policies are limiting its ability to attract doctors of color
By Dr. Anokh Sohal, psychiatry resident physician UC Davis is at risk of denying its community of the talented Black and Brown doctors it deserves….